Young Mothers

Pregnant! Pregnant! Pregnant!

This just can't be,

How could this happen to me?

My parents fight back tears.

I see in their eyes what

Their lips cannot say,

"Our baby, our baby,

She's too young.

Her life is over.

Why our family?"

My best friends now think

Less of me, and start to

Make excuses about why

They can't "hang" with me.

"I'm sorry. We're just

Too busy."

As the days and months go

By, the school halls become

A spectator gallery. Ex-friends

And strangers point as if I

Cannot see.

My once straight shoulders

Now slump, my once

Upheld head now bows.

I feel myself slowly disappear.

At night I feel the small

Movement of punches and kicks.

I close my tear filled eyes

And see a smiling face and

Outstretched arms reaching

For me. My heart skips a

Beat because I know this

New life is my precious

Responsibility.

I tell myself God makes

No mistakes. I will stand

Tall and face this difficult

Road. God will not make me

Take this journey alone, he

Will walk along side me.

I hold my tummy and

Speak softly "I will hold

You, cry for you, laugh

With you, share

Memories with you,

And always love you

Endlessly. I know

My life is not over, in

Fact, it has just begun

And the best years are

Still to be.